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culture5
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education4
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english language - dialects2
folklore2

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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)1

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Archive File

Museums

1966-1973

This file contains items relating to museums and related institutions, including Bryce Nelson's article on S. Dillon Ripley's plans for recreating a slum at the Smithsonian Institution, extracted from...

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Archive File

Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.

1836-1985

The bulk of items in this file are dated 1959-1985. The file contains leaflets, printed volumes and other items mostly concerning folk-related museums and collections. It includes Frank Atkinson's pri...

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University Archive

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1960-1980

This file contains original and copy correspondence, and related papers, concerning Stewart Sanderson's activities as an academic folklorist. Its contents seem to have been selected by Sanderson for d...

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Fieldwork and Research

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1893-1974

The diffuse nature of the subject content of this subseries highlights Harold Orton's broad-ranging interest in language, language research and folk life, including in particular, phonetics ( Yorkshir...

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Abbeydale Works, Sheffield

[1960s]

Board-mounted photograph of the yard and buildings at Abbeydale Works, Sheffield (South Yorkshire), an scythe-works dating from the 18th century.

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